Carla Hale - The Sriracha Sauce in Many Dishes of Your Choice: Preparing Some Wonderful Recipes in This Cookbook with Extra Spiciness

I dont know if you are like me, but I sometimes run out of ideas when it comes to seasoning our chicken wings. Sure, the buffalo sauce or teriyaki sauce works, but when I tried the sriracha sauce below, my family was sold.

Servings: 4-6

Preparation time: 2 hours

Ingredients:

1.5-pound chicken wings;

cup sriracha sauce;

2 Tbsp. minced garlic

2 Tbsp. corn oil

tsp. onion powder

2 Tbsp. fresh minced parsley

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 Tbsp. orange juice

1 Tbsp. lemon zest

1 Tbsp. orange zest

Salt, pepper

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Grease a baking sheet and set aside.
3. Clean the chicken wings and set them aside.
4. In a small pan, heat the oil and cook the garlic for 5 minutes.
5. In a medium mixing bowl, combine the rest of the oil, sriracha sauce lemon juice, orange juice, cooked garlic and seasonings and herbs.
6. This will serve as you marinade for your chicken.
7. So, use a large Ziploc bag or plastic container and place all chicken wings in it.
8. Marinade for at least 1 hour.
9. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes.
10. Serve with some wet napkins to wipe your hands.

Lets face it, any casserole with beans and cheese sounds like it could use hot sauce or other added spices, just to make it more interesting. We have come up with sriracha sauce as being the added unique ingredient in this casserole and it works very well. Serve it with sour cream and you will be all set!

Servings: 4-6

Preparation time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:

cup slices black olives

1 cup shredded sharp Cheddar cheese

2 cans of seasoned black beans (well rinsed and drained)

3 cups cooked white rice

1 cup sour cream

cup Sriracha Sauce

Salt, black pepper

2 minced green onions

1 Tbsp. olive oil

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
2. In a medium greased square pan, lay the rice on the bottom.
3. In a small pan, heat the oil and cook the green onions for 5 minutes.
4. In a bowl, mix the sour cream, sriracha sauce, cooked onions, salt, pepper and drained beans.
5. Combine the ingredients very well and spread as second layer on top of the rice.
6. Add then a layer of cheese and sprinkle all the sliced olives on top.
7. Bake in the oven for 40 minutes.
8. Serve warm.

Lets make some delicious shrimp tonight and add a little spice to it! Dont forget that the sriracha sauce will give also a wonderful reddish color to your shrimp and make them look even more appetizing served on a bed of white rice or perhaps rice noodles.

Servings:

Preparation time: 30-35minutes

Ingredients:

1-pound medium deveined shrimp

cup mixed fresh minced herbs (parsley, chives, cilantro)

3 Tbsp. Sriracha sauce

2 Tbsp. olive oil

1 Tbsp. lemon juice

1 Tbsp. minced garlic

1 diced fresh pitted avocado

Serve with rice or rice noodles

Method:

1. In mixing bowl, add the herbs, sriracha sauce, oil, lemon juice, garlic.
2. Heat the oil mixture in the frying pan and heat it up for a few minutes on medium temperature.
3. Add the shrimp and stir constantly until shrimp are fully cooked.